Tangipahoa News

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for most of the WDSU viewing area.

Due to the heavy rain, certian road in Tangipahoa Parish are closed. According to parish officials, the following roads are currently closed due to flooding: Briar Patch Cemetary Rd., School Rd., Hayden Rd., Bryce Hyde Rd., B. Brown Rd., Singing Waterfalls Rd., E. Lewiston Rd., N. Jackson Rd., Neal Rd., Brab Alford Rd., Chappepeela Rd.

ST. TAMMANY, La. A new study shows roughly 70 percent of people on the Northshore are satisfied with their overall qualify of life.

The Tangipahoa Parish Council learned that government employees will not receive pay raises in 2010, as the council approved its budget Monday night.

TANIPAHOA, La. A McComb, Miss. was killed in a one-vehicle crash after his car left the road on Interstate 55 and hit a tree, according to State Police spokesman Trooper Nick Manale.

Frank Beard Jr. and Ronald Hasaan Darenseurg Jr. died in this car after it ran off Highway 190 in Tangipahoa Parish.

Two robbery suspects reportedly were killed Wednesday night when their vehicle crashed into a wooded area during a high speed chase on the north shore.

Two armed robbery suspects led St. Tammany Parish deputies on a 120 mph chase from Covington to Tangipahoa Parish before crashing in the woods Wednesday night, authorities said.

AMITE - The Tangipahoa Parish School Board unanimously agreed Tuesday to change the word "prayer" to "invocation" in its policy on prayers before board meetings, a policy under challenge in a federal court lawsuit.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch from Friday evening through late Friday night for most of the Northshore.

HAMMOND, La. Tangipahoa deputies arrested a man that allegedly stuck up a gas station with a authentic-looking, plastic pistol, according to a statement from Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office spokewoman Dawn Panepinto.

A 49-year-old man was fatally wounded Sunday night while standing over a sheriff's deputy and pointing a loaded shotgun at the officer.

Bill Chaucer walked out of jail free on bond at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Chaucer chose not to give answers to any questions asked of him.

According to court records, a private Hammond hospital built three years ago but never opened will be sold at auction in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Orleans on Dec.

A Ponchatoula man has been arrested for running a Ponzi scheme in which he bilked at least 200 investors of more than $11 million and allegedly used the money to pay for Mardi Gras krewe memberships and plastic surgery, among other personal expenses.

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a dense fog advisory for parts of Louisiana and Mississippi for Monday morning which will remain in effect until 8 a.m. According to forecasters, fog began developing late Sunday evening and dense is fog likely before daybreak.

Although he has arrested more than 400 people in connection with child-sex crimes in Louisiana, veteran investigator Toby Aguillard is still flabbergasted by the behaviors he finds in these criminals.

HAMMOND, La. -- A judge has ordered the Tangipahoa Parish School Board to increase its hiring of black educators for administrative positions.

A Hammond man arrested Friday is accused of possessing 51 pounds of marijuana and 200 grams of crack cocaine, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office reported.

TANGIPAHOA, La. The Tangipahoa Parish Council is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to appoint an interim justice of the peace for the Hammond area.